Walney Island
WardSouth west Westmorland and Furness. About 10,592 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Walney Island live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Walney Island compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Walney Island safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Walney Island at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.6 per 1,000 people across Westmorland and Furness.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Walney Island.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), other crime (116) and criminal damage and arson (50).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Westmorland and Furness
These figures are published for the whole of Westmorland and Furness, not for each ward, so they describe all of Westmorland and Furness and not Walney Island alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Walney Island in brief
Walney Island had 10,529 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Walney Island live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Walney Island, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Walney Island, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.